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yj .'.', ASTOHIA, OHECCri, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1C37
EXCITING AERIAL
CONTEST
STARTED
ii
Nine Etlloon SUrt In
Ijrr.stlanil Bscs al 81
Louli Yesterday.
EXPECT TO CEAT THE RECOHD
American, German, French and BngUil.
Aeut la Nm-DWglbl Balloon
Sailing the Air-All Expect to Beat
the Record of 42 nues.
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21Driftlug along
th direction Just west of north when
lost to view la tho law of falling night
..j tt. . rrictilnff breeze front
UU flifcl - s
iAiit.l.iit behind tbein. nine bag bal
mnetiinr tonight for the
honor attached to .(winning the second
li .tl-.l , aarhniiitta CUD IftCe. A
jut. wni would bAv been more wel
come to the aeronaut, but five-mile
breeze of lower air strata gave promise
of Dlendid racing current in the mga-
dtltudea. The German! acting on
thla theory reached for higher courses
right from the atart. ,Tfce rencn aim
F.nMliti aeronauts were more conserva
Hv and selected the middle depth, while
tii. American raced away at an am
iiu which teemed to take them jut
clear of the tree and housetops. 80 low
In fact did two of them balance their
cars that there wa grave danger of the
basket raking over th crowded grand
stand and intense exeltenwit prevailed.
One of the largest toallooiw In the wee,
cam so close to the grand-tand that
it wat seized by a aquad of toldtere and
iwpt back to a fer point and seat
two minutes after the ollkiaJ
w,l was olven. In the race there arsJ
three balloon representing America;
three representing Germany, two France
and one for England. The wcord foj
racing established last year by Lieuten
ant Lahm, of the U. a, in flight from
Taria to England Is 402 miles, but.each
aeronaut in today's -contest expect! to
beat that record. The start was specta
cular in the extreme and was witnessed
by a throng variously estimated from
60.000 to 150,000. None of the balloons
let loose today were fitted with dirigi
ble device! and the contest throughout
will be a test of skill of the navigator
la taking advantage of such air cu
rents as are encountered and in hand
lbs ballast to the best advantage.
The first five days 01 tne mees wm no
voted to aeronautics. Today; tne prta-
. a t ila .ntir. flArnnsiiui
Hfl ICMLllIlt III v ""- - -
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. Atuine.t t.ha nrovram. wiieu . iu
nine balloons asceudod ia tne mierna
tlonal long distance rac for the Bennett
f!nn. Tuesday there will be a contest
J .....tanila ftf ilvirtLT machines of
th heavier air type, with total prkes
of 250. Thursday the ''contest-of flying
machines for the Scientific American
Cup will be held. Friday will be "free
Wall" dav. in which any kiud of air
eraft that will cet above the ground
mav Darticipate in the contest to win
the Lahm Cup, which has just been won
byAeronauts McCoy' and Chandler, in
their long balloon flight roin St. Louis
to West Virginia.
Tbo first international contest was
lield last year at , Paris at which Lieu
tenant Frank P. Lahm, of the" United
States Cavalry, by a flight of 402 miles, I
won the Jameo Gordon Bennett uup,
the trooW of the" contest. ' '
Th Aim U an oblect of ari in massive
liver, valued at $2500, and was offered
by ames Gordon Bennett to the aero
naut covering the longest distance in
alnsrle flight. If the cup is won, three
times iri Buccession by an aeronaut, it
then becomes the property f the aero
mntln olnh of which ha is a member.
The (winner of the cup in each interna
tional contest by the term! of the donor
will receive in addition a prize of $2500
in cash, together with one-half of the
ntry feei and forfeits." The contestant
finUhlntr' second will receive one-third,
and tie contestant finishing third, the
remainder fees and forfeitsv This sec
ond competition or the Bennett Cup was
organized by. the Aero Club 0 America,
under the ruK-, of the International
Aoronautlo Federation, and will be con
ducted under the auspice! of the Aero
Club of St. Loul. '
Aeronaut In lnteroits centers chlcflr on
tlia International balloon race, Accord'
Inu to the iinnouncemeat of ths Oero
Club, the first balloon, , tho y Poraraern,
was sent up at 4 p. m, today, and the
othen followed at not ton than five
minute interval, Tha balloon entered
la tlte roc, their pilot and the com
panion who accompanied ach pilot, the
country represented and the cubic feet
of gas capacity of each balloon ara as
follows, given to the order la wMcii
they itartcd:
Pommern, Germany, Uor wwiocn,
A. Lawivnc. 77.000.
lUniUd State. America, Major B. B.
llaraer. A. T. Ather,
' 9 . mm,
L'Isl do France, France, AUrsd 1
Manaf E. iliX. 77)00.
Duesseldorf, Germany, Captain Hugo
von Abereron, IL Eeldmann, 77,000.
Lotus H, England, O. Brewer, Lieut
enant Brabawn, 7850.
America, America, J. a McCoy, Cap
tn Chandler. 77X00. . '
Anlou, France, Eena Casoler, Charles
Levet. 79.500.
'Abereron. Cermanyji Paul Meckel,
Iterr Polantt 60.000.
St. LouU, America, Alan' R. Hawley,
Auff. Post, 77,000.. -
All the detail of tho race are In
charge of a comovittee appointed by the
Aero Club of America.
IITED STATES
Oil ITS DIGNITY
Judsa Lcchren cf U. S. District
Court Fines Attorney Gen
. era! for Contempt
sJrooke. The honorary palHearers were
.General A. S. Greeley, ll W. Scott,
John SfcCraken, J. B. Cleland, Joseph
Simon, IX W, VVakf-ficld, 15. G. Wbite-
house and F. K. Arnold.
RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGN STATE
In an Attempt to Enforce the Com
modify Kate Law Enacted by tho Last
Legislature of Minnesota Attorney-
General Young Wa Fined fioo.
M0BE, EARTHQUAKES.
FLORCCCE, Italy, Oct l-The ob
servatory her report! a heavy selsmetic
dUturbano westward between S:20 and
8s 12 this morning. . ,
WRECKED ON COCK
British Steamer Bound for As
toria Wrecked.
NONE OF CREW. WERE LOST
It Believed That Strong Currents Near
the Rock Caused tht Disaster ves
sel Was Foufeeo Milef Out of Her
Course When She Struck. ,
CRESCENT CITV, CaU Oct. 21.-The
British freight steamer Queen Christina
struck on North Seal Rock, eight miles
northwest of this place, at 1:30 a. m. to
day. Sixteen members of the crew
reached here in boata at 10:45 this
morning and 10 othera landed on ; the
rock. "'. '.'' "' '' r;.'t" '- , :
She lies on an even keel three miles
from shore on tho south side of Pt. S
Ceorge, four miles tip the coast from
Crencent City. ; She is on a sunken rock
with water all around .her. The vessel
wa 14 miles out of her course when she
struck. There is a heavy sea there.
There are four fathoms of water
around the steamer. When tho crew
left the vessel her pumps were still
na and her bulkhead wa holding. She
will prove" a total loss. Tho steamer
Navarro left here at norfn for the scene
of the' wreck. It is believed that the
heavy prevailing winds and the strong
currents near the rocks caused the dis
aster. The Queen Christina Captain
Harris, left San Francisco on- October
19, in ballast for Astoria, Or.
ST. PAUL. Oct 21-Attorney-Gen
eral Young of Minnesota was adjudged
is contempt of court by Judge lxcnren
In tha United States district court and
fined $100 which be refused to pay. Ap
peal to the United State upreme court
will be taken in the form of an applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus and air.
Young has been remanded to tbe cus
tody of the United State Marshal and
the question of whether a 17. 8. court
ha the right to enjoin a state from
enforcing It law will thu be finally
dlsnoied of. The ouestion involved i
whether an officer or servant of sover
eign state can bo sued. It came up in
an attempt to enforce the commodity
rate law enacted by the last legislature.
Jduge Lochran enjoined Attorney -Gen
eral Young from enforcing the, law.
Thereupon ; Attorney -General Young
SAY KANSAS SUIT MAY FAIL.
Insurance Men Say Anti-Trust Action is
Not Specific in Charges. ,
TOPEKA, Kan.. Oct. 13. It i the
opinion of insurance men here that the
anti-trust suit " started by Charles
Barnes, insurance commissioner and At
torney-General Jackson will not termi
nate in tbe fnanner contemplated by
these two men. The object of the suit
to compel the Insurance companies to
cease wring the Eldridge rate books, and
the defendant companies won the first
round of the engagement last week
when they succeeded in compelling the
state to redraft it petition and make
it more definite and certain..
One insurance man of prominence has
this to say on the subjects
"This case is taking exactly the same
course that the other one did. The in
surance companies have demanded that
the state quit dealing in generalities,
and be specific, setting forth some par'
tkular risk in which it is claimed that
the insurance companies combined to fix
a rate Judge Dana is holding exactly
as Judge Hazen did on this matter,
namely, that the state must give defi
nite information, and make it charges
specific.
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SCHOOL CONVENTION AT CASLTON
FIRS
T CATTLE
DEIuG FCIIIT
plo o decided, to determine the tl;;t to
rote the 286,713 sham) of stock ga5;:sfc
which a temporary injunction was is
sued br Judge Ball, one week ago. Af
ter an extended conferense Mr. Cromwell
assented.
Forces cf Sultin Ab--I Aziz ir.i
V.iz Ifcfij V,z Yes-
HIS FItAXCISCO, Oct. 21. Zi"? A.
Purcelt and Charies W. Brown, tha mo-
torman and conductor, respectively, of
ear No, 1575, who shot four passenrs,
killing two, in a riot at Polk and tt
ter streets, on Saturday, were form-"y
chargHl with mrj?r lost. t'-U.
Otto P. Eberwein, one of the victim
of the affair, died yesterday mornieg at
1 o'clock at the Eniersency LTofitaL
CARLTON, Ore., Oct 19.The 2oth
annual session of the Yamhill County
Sunday School Association began at
this place yesterday morning with an
attendance of 00 delegates. The reports
brought mandamus, proceedings In. court ' how that there are 52 Sunday, schools
FUNERAL OF MBS. DOLPH.
JUTLAND, Oct. 21. The body of
Mrs. Augusta' Mulkey Iwlph, widow, of
the late United States Senator J. N.
Dolph, who died October 4, of pneumo
nia, while visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Walker Thornton, in Paris, France, ar
rived in Portland lust night and was
tatfcn . to the residence of BJichard
Nixon, her son-in-law, , on .. Hawthorne,
sear Prettyman avenue. Marion Dolph
went to New York and, accompanied his
sister and the remains ( of his mother
across the continent. ?;
Funeral services were held this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock from the white
Temple, and were largely attended.
Brief services were held at the home of
Mr. Nixon previously and afterward at
Itivei'view Cemetery, where the inter
ment took place. Rfv. J. AVhiteomb
Brougher preached the sermon, paying
an anpronruite tribute to the life ot a
wortjhy . . Christian'' woman...': The floral
offerings were extraordinary.
The active pallbearers were W. M-
Ladd, U. S. Malcolm, J. N. Teal, Paul
R. DeadjvF. V. Ilolman and T. Scott
MEXICAN BANDIT CAUGHT. !
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 21. Special dis
nufnhBn to this citr renort that the
loader of the gang which last week
stole $15,000 worth of bullion from the
precipitating worn of the Kuanajuara
Consolidated Mining & Milling. Com
pany, had been captured after being
wounded, three times. With him was
tolrnn all h stolen bullion. In his
confession he implicated 40 persons,
who have been arrested. ; '
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHK0, ;;
TOKIOi Oct. 21.-The armored 'cruiser
Kurama, 14.000 tons, was successfully
launched this afternoon in the presence
of the Emperor and Empress. She is
expected to develop a speed of 21 3-4
knots.
to compel the railroads to revise their Jin the county, Eev. & A. Phipps, state
rate according to atate law. ( j fi'ld worker, is here, and considerable
t interest is being manuesteL Among
j the delegate is Rev,. Joseph l!olerg, of
McAIinnville, wno wea the prune mover
in organizing the association 25 years
ago, and was one of the principal speak
ers. Rev. L. W. Riley, president of the
Baptist College at McMinnville, spoke
last evening on "Ideals and Education.
Taken as a whole the Sunday school
workers are very much encouraged.
MAY AVERTSTRIKE.
DENVER, Oct; 2L-Oi)erator R, IL
Skeggs, of Grand Junction,' Colo., who
was discharged from his position as
wire chief on the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad at that place, has been called
to Denver to confer with President Per-
bam, of the Order of Railway Teleg
raphers. This is a move in the direc
tion of peace, as it is believed that an
other conference with Vice-President
Schlacks will take place today or to
morrow, at which Skeggs will be pres
ent. It is believed that the official of
the road, rattier than incur a 'serious,
will make some disnoaition'of S'iejgs'
case that Will bes satisfactory to bath
sides." ' , "'
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v PLEASANT PROSPECTSKY.
The Czar has commanded that Secretary Taft be treated as a Russian
noblcmun when he arrives in Russia. News Item. ,
According to Reports Eight of the
Pretendri Troops Defeated the Sul-
tan'i Troops and Captured Several
Pieces of Artillery. ' , '
between Shawia and Mequiner, occurred
the first battle between the force of
Sulrn Abdul Amt and Mulai Haflg,
pretender to the throne and known as
Sultan of the South. The latter was
overwhelminelv' victoriou and., the
triumph Is of great importance i
strensrtheninsr sentiment in favor of
Mulai Hafig- According to the .reports
eight regiments of the pretenders troops
under the command of Mulai Eactiid de
feated the Sultan's troops and captured
several pieces of artillery, together witn
Caid Bagdani Aziz, commander in chief.
The ambushing yesterday of the French
reconnoitring party proceeding from
Casa Blanca' toward Taddert which re-.
suited in the killing of Captain Janny
and wounding six men will, it is said,
result in the resumption of . hoitlliUe
on the part of the French troops.
. THE MIGHTY FALLEN. .
CHICAGO. Oct .21. Followed., .by
jeers and hisses, . J. Muau, ex-pres
ident of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, left Ulrica's Hall in tears yes
terday afternoon. He did not .get the
vindication which he sought at the
hands of the rank and file of the local
union.
'As Small left the hall be appeared
broken-hearted and, declared he had giv
en up the fight for the restoration to
his former position. Ilia successor, W.
V. Beattie, . of Washington, who was
vice-president of the organization, was
formally recognized as the new head of
the union. He, announced that hia pol
icy would be an aggressive one. V
When the meeting opened. President
Small, who had been waiting in an ante
room, for a chance to be heard, was in
vited to the platform. Hardly had he
ascended the steps to the platform,
when a number of strikers got up and
left the room. The others hooted and
hissed so that the words of the former
president were drowned. In a pathetic
wav he appealed to the older members
of the union saying he had children and
that they should not be disgraced by
the branding of their father aa dishon
est without one bit of evidence ana
without a hearing. r
This appeal, however, had little effect,
although a great many of the strikers
after the meeting had adjourned agreed
that Small had been treated shamefully
and at least should have been received
with a common decency. It was voted
to assess broker and leased wire opera
tors two days' pav each week in lieu of
calling them out on strike.
FISH HAS UPPER HAND.
CHICAGO, Oct, 21. Stuyvesant Fish
early today secured a postponement of
the "Illinois Central stockholders meet
ing until December 18. "The Harriman
people agreed to the adjournment al
though they had previously been anx
ious to push matters as rapidly ffast pos
sible. '.. ,'.. . j ... ...
The decision to adjourn the meeting
was the result of a conference held at 3
o'clock this morning between William
Nelson Cromwell for Mr. Harriman and
Judge E. H. FarraP, for Mr. Fish." The
overtures came from Mr. Cromwell, who
sought out the Fish people and declared
that he wished to come to some sort of
agreement He was informed by Judge
Farrar that the only agreement .that
could be reached was to aqpept the
terms of Mr. Fish, Which would be ad
journment until December) 18, and a de
cision of the court, if the Harrimim peo-
CALL FC2 KATJCSAL CfZTZZZ.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. The all
for the republican national committee
was issued today over the s'nature cf
acting chairman New and Secretary
Dover. It will be st Shoreham CciX
Washington, at 11 . nu December 6.
The meeting is called for the purpose of
fixing the time and place for holding t;a
next republican national convention.
TAKING EVIDENCE IN A2 CLZZ2.
VA5COTTER. Oct 2L-ContUutiri
himself a royal eommlssiou, W. L. Mae
kenzie King, deputy minister of labor,
who arnved yesterday from Ottawa,
will tomorrow, commence taking evi
dence, under oath, in connection with
the claims submitted by Japanese resi
dence for alleged damages sustained in
the recent riots.
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Ass!r.sd fcr Tcday.
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S0UCITCH CEKER.IL 13 ILL
Argument in the Case of the United
States Against Congressman Wil
liamson Was Indefinitely Postponed
on Application of Attorney-General.
WASHINGTON, Oct 21. Upon ap
plication of ' Aitor&ey-General Bona-
parte today, the supreme court of the
United States has indefinitely postponed
the hearing of argument, aligned for
today, in the case of the government
against former Representative Williams
of Oregon, involving charges of land
fraud. The illness of the solicitor-gen
eral ia given as the reason.
NO YALDEZ FOR TEEM.
SEATTLE, Oct. 21. H. D. Reynolds,
promoter of a string of Alaska enter
prises, which either collapsed or v was
endangered by the failure of Reynolds'
Bank at Valdez and the abandonment of
work on the Alaska Home Railway, did
not sail for the North on the steamship
Yucatan. Seattle creditors have the
story that at the last' moment before
sailing Reynolds receive a tip tnat he
would-be in danger of violence if he
went to Valdez, and he hurried East in
stead, v r ;-:'.'-,' -
Jesse Martin, cashier rof Reynolds'
Bank at Valdez, and Frederick T. Fish
er, representing Seattle creditors, were
to have gone north with Reynolds. Mar
tin did not make the trip, but when
Fisher learned Reynolds would not go
he stayed in Seattle.
The proposal Was made by Reynolds
to local creditors ; that a trustee be
named for1 all his Alaska creditors at
Valdez until he has a chance to pull out
hia properties. This was declined. It
is now feared that with Martin on the
ground as Reynolds' representative, such
action will be taken and Seattle credi
tors will lose something between $05,
000 and $100,000.
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STRIKING OPERATORS AT WPS2L.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21-iNiiieteen striking
Western Union operators of the
western division applied for work to
day and were employed. Several other
applicants were rejected. ; 4